The number of antibiotic-resistant bloodstream infections in England fell between 2019 and 2020, the first time since 2016, likely owing to social distancing and hand washing measures during the COVID-19 pandemic, a report from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has revealed. However, since 2016, the overall proportion of infections that were resistant to one or more antibiotics has increased, suggesting the potential for a rise in antibiotic-resistant infections once COVID-19 restrictions end. The ‘English surveillance programme for antimicrobial utilisation and resistance (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1033851/espaur-report-2020-to-2021-16-Nov.pdf) ‘ (ESPAUR) report, published on 17 November 2021, which highlights resistant infection and subsequent mortality data from between 2019 and 2020, showed that the number of antibiotic resistant bloodstream infections in England fell from 65,583 in 2019 to 55,384 in 2020.
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